Floor Loudspeaker Reviews

Analog source: Simon Yorke turntable, Immedia RPM2 and Graham 2.0 tonearms, Lyra Helikon cartridge.
Digital source: Musical Fidelity X-Ray CD player, Marantz DR17 CD-R recorder, Ayre D-1 DVD/CD player.
Preamplification: Audio Research Reference and Zanden phono stages, Lyra Arion step-up transformer, Ayre K-1x preamplifier (with phono stage).
Power amplifier: Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista 300.
Loudspeakers: Sonus Faber Amati.
Cables: Phono: Hovland Music Groove. Interconnect: Yamamura Millennium 6000, Silver Audio, Wireworld Gold Eclipse and Equinox III+. Speaker: Yamamura Millennium 6000, Wireworld Equinox III+, Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista OCC. AC: Yamamura Quantum, Electra Glide, JPS Labs.
Accessories: PS Audio Power Plant P300, Sounds of Silence Vibraplane active isolation platform, Seismic Sink 1-3D isolation platform, Finite Elemente Pagode and Zoethecus equipment stands, Symposium Rollerblocks, Vibrapods, A.R.T. Q dampers, D.J. Kasser Black Diamond Racing cones, Walker Valid Points, Shakti Stones, Shakti On-Lines, ASC Tube Traps, RPG BAD and Abffusor panels.—Michael Fremer